Jedi Robes

Since I mentioned, prior to Christmas, that I needed to make Jedi Robes, a couple people asked me to share my thoughts and process. I used this Jedi Robe tutorial and they were a snap! Remembering the ease of the SuperHero cape experience, I made my robes out of fleece – no hemming or edge-turning at all. I found the fleece for $2 a yard. Nice. (Extra nice since I won’t worry for a second as these robes get trashed.) The first robe took maybe 30 min to put together, but I think I made the second in 15 minutes. Seriously, that easy.

To figure out the yardage, measure your kid (or grown-up) from the shoulder to the ground and double that measurement. Add 12″ for the hood. I needed 2 3/4 yards for my 7-yr-old and 2 1/2 yards for the 5 yr-old.

The great thing about this pattern is by leaving off the hood, you could use the same method to make a Snuggie. (Just put the robe on backward.) Think how popular you will be with your kids.

It was a very Star Wars Christmas at our house. Not only new Light Sabers, robes and legos, but our super-awesome Aunt sent Star Wars pancake molds. Wow. Could life get anymore exciting? She got these from Williams-Sonoma. I’m still pretty good at free-handing Alderaan, Deathstar, and Moon of Endor pancakes on my own.

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Loved the &quot;digression&quot;! Those robes are so fun! I tried to make BYU jammies for the kids. Wasn&#39;t as successful as I&#39;d hoped…they were all a size too small, so we passed them down the line and the oldest still doesn&#39;t have his pair yet!! Maybe next year?

My husband&#39;s been a die hard star wars fan since he saw the movie when he was 11! Our son&#39;s not a fan though…. I should totally make one of those robes for Jeff (my hubby) for halloween next year LOL!! Love the idea to make it out of fleece!!

&quot;I&#39;m still pretty good at free-handing Alderaan, Deathstar, and Moon of Endor pancakes on my own.&quot;<br /><br />LOL!!! I almost woke my kids up from their naps and had to stifle my laughing! I&#39;m hoping my kids love Star Wars as much as I do and I have a few jedi robes in my future. :)<br /><br />-Amanda-

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